Candidates in local Saline County races participated in a forum Tuesday night answering questions in front of a large crowd, and at times trading barbs.
Candidates for Saline County Commission, state legislature, and the United States House of representatives all appeared.
Monte Shadwick and S...

A former executive officer of a Manhattan builders association has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing from the organization.
45-year-old Tracy Roberts of Wamego was sentenced on Monday on 30 charges of felony theft.
Authorities say Roberts wrote business checks from the Flint H...

A Manhattan woman has pleaded guilty to a marriage fraud scheme with a man who prosecutors say was trying to circumvent U.S. immigration laws.
48-year-old Jacqueline Reed pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud.
A federal prosecutor says Reed submitted fraudul...

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas should defend the state constitution's ban on gay marriage in court because the people have spoken on the issue.
A spokesman for Brownback's Democratic challenger, Paul Davis, said Tuesday that Davis is focused on issues that unite Kansas residents, inclu...

Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts is struggling to win re-election, and the wide open spaces of his childhood are both his best chance for saving his political career and the biggest threat to it.
The 78-year-old Republican must wring every friendly vote out of Kansas' 99 rural counties to turn back the ch...

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole plans to visit his hometown of Russell and other northwest and north-central towns during the next leg of his homecoming tour of all 105 Kansas counties.
The 91-year-old Dole lives in Washington, D.C., and is making the trips to greet longtime friends and supporters.
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After a slow start to 2014, several wind energy projects in Kansas are under construction and more are planned once utilities have signed contracts to purchase the power they generate.
The Wichita Eagle reports the state has nearly 3,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity in 25 wind farms, and fou...

Tony Orlando will be in Abilene this Saturday to sing - and shine a light on U.S. military members as part of President Eisenhower's 124th Birthday Celebration.
A longtime advocate for military veterans, Orlando is also a member of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Foundation board of directors.
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Republican incumbent Tim Huelskamp and Democratic challenger Jim Sherow are preparing for their first debate in the race for Kansas' 1st Congressional District seat.
The two will take part Tuesday night in a candidate forum hosted by the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Vo...